Constitutional Brinksmanship
Amending the Constitution by National Convention
ISBN13: 9780195055733ISBN10: 019505573X
Hardback,
264 pages
Dec 1988,
In Stock
Price:
$98.00 (06)
Named an Outstanding Academic Book of 1989-1990 by Choice
Description
In this first systematic study of the legal problems relating to the convention clause, Russell Caplan shows that repeated constitutional crises have given rise to state drives for a national convention nearly every twenty years since the Constitution was enacted. He deftly examines the politics of constitutional brinksmanship between Congress and the states to reveal the ongoing tension between state and federal rights and constitutional tradition and reform.
